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Varies really between about 5-6 ish, or 10pm ish!
[b]Where:[/b]Near Dartmouth to Totnes or to Kingsbridge then onto Totnes
[b]What:[/b] Inbred, or Airnimal, or Ti SS, or FS Trek, or something else.
[b]When:[/b] Generally sometime between 6.30 am to 9am
[b]Where:[/b]Darwen - Blackburn
[b]What:[/b]Black sarisen tour 2
[b]When:[/b]between 6:30 and 9:00, and 16:00 and 18:00
grumm,
that's quite a variation will keep my eyes open
[b]Where:[/b] Ewell, Surrey to Canary Wharf
[b]What:[/b] Bianchi green Via Nirone road bike
[b]When:[/b] 7am to 8am & 5-30pm to 6-45pm
[b]How far:[/b] 20 miles each way
Bruntsfield in Edinburgh to Leith Walk
Red and Black Cube racer with black Crumpler fakenger bag and hypnotic, lairy Kona jacket.
I meet lots of commuters in the morning but they're all in such a hurry to jump lights or ride along the pavement i don't really recognise any of them.
[b]Where:[/b] Exmouth to Clyst Road, Topsham, Devon mostly on quiet back lanes.
[b]What:[/b] Red faced bloke on a nice Yeti ARC on semislicks.
Where: Hampton Court - Weybridge along the Thames then on road to Chertsey or Hampton Court to Chertsey on road - Esher/Hersham/Walton/Weybridge/Chertsey
What: Black and White Specialized Tricross SS
When: Usual rush hours
Where - Calmore to Southampton (along millbrook potholed cycle route thing)
What - Bianchi San Jose SS Cross (orange courier bag)
When - 7.15-8.00 and 16.30 -17.30
where: chandlers ford to southampton university
what: blue pompino w/ midge bars
Where: Balerno to Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
What: Blue SS Rockhopper
[b]Where:[/b] Falkirk (Shieldhill to Falkirk town centre via Reddingmuirhead, Redding, Callendar Woods and Callendar Park)
[b]What:[/b] black Genesis Vapour 'crosser with full guards and blindin' Ay-Ups...
[b]When:[/b] 8.00-8.30 & 4.30-5.00ish M-F
I quite often pass a bloke on a SS'd/fixed road bike (always going the other way). Sort of looks like he could be a STWer given the looks and bike, could be wrong! Also a couple of other regulars who look like "proper" commuters...
Hedge End to Winchester via twyford, colden common etc
Black cannondale bad boy with big cheating 700c wheels
Love riding past traffic in the mornings
central bath <=> north side of swindon mostly thanks to FGW with a range of bikes and clothing
or once a week or so
bath <=> swindon via chippenham, dauntsey, brinkworth, purton fully darkside
[b]where:[/b]
Angel Islington, Upper Street, City Road, Over Old St, down Moorgate, past Bank and across to Tower Hill (or the many variations thereof]
[b]what:[/b]
Green Specialized Tricross SS, Fox Flux helmet
[b]Where[/b] Leckhampton to Ashchurch
[b]What[/b] Dark Green and cream Lemond Croix de Fer
[b]where[/b]Heath Hayes, Cannock to Rugeley, over the bottom end of Cannock Chase
[b]what[/b](normally) a white Inbred, (the long way) a black 5-spot or (hopefully soon!) an as-yet-unspecified cross bike.
There's a keen-looking chap on a road bike I occasionally see through the outskirts of Hednesford but other than that it seems everyone else goes by car around here...
Lummox - Member
Hedge End to Winchester via twyford, colden common etcBlack cannondale bad boy with big cheating 700c wheels
Love riding past traffic in the mornings
Where abouts do you ride at the weekends?
Where: Outbound, leith, Easter rd, round Arthur's seat then back London rd, Broughton st cannonmills to Henderson Row.
Inbound: as above in reverse or down water o leith path
What: Specialized Allez comp
mrmo - which route/what time?
[b]What[/b] Giant XtC MTB, (cream) with MXcomps, 26" roadie tyres, black rear wheel, silver front, SSed.
[b]Where[/b] Derby. Ashbourne road, to pride park, a mere 2 miles sadly 🙁
[b]When[/b] a ten min slot in between 8:10-8:30 inbound
5:00-5:15 outbound
sadly not every day, as need the car for work quite often
IHN, 8ish and 5ish, tends to be through cheltenham town centre/cleeve/7 bends.
[b]what[/b]Single speed mtb, post office red 'E style chain stays' Raleigh (dont know model as it came into scrap yard where I work without badges) rigid suspension corrected black forks and 2 inch slicks normally.
[b]where[/b]churchdown to cheltenham via Cheltenham rd East, old glos rd and tewks rd.
Where: Farnham to Farnborough, via Caesars Camp and Long Valley area.
What: Dark blue Thorn Enduro hardtail, Rohloff, Full guards, Lycra.
Where: Leeds, Roundhay to Leeds Uni. Either down Roundhay road or down harrogate road and up to the Uni.
When the nights get a touch lighter and the trail becomes less muddy round my end it will be meanwood trail, harewood, wike, roundhay.
What: either an old green Haro Escape or currently silver 1981 peugeot road bike, soon to be black Rock Lobster Tig Team.
monkeyfiend - what time? Your bike sounds as, er, 'distinctive' as mine.
mrmo - I'll look out for you near Smiths in Cleeve. If someone shouts 'alright f*cknut', its me 🙂
Where - Sheffield, Walkley to the back of Hillsborough dog track
What - Blue 93 zaskar with P2's, slicks, rack + pannier etc.
It's only 18min round trip for me though so I'm not sure it counts!
where: Bolton - Manchester
what: pompino down the A666 or inbred along the side of croal/irwell
What route do you use lowey?
Sidlesham to Chichester - Road Grey Spesh Langster/ XC - 96 Kona Kilauea
IHN - Set off from churchdown between 7.30 - 7.45 and then from town at 5.
I've been racking my brain to see if I recognise your bike. What colour frame? and when do you leave C'down? do you go down the old glos rd aswell?
I set off at 8, but I'd be coming back about 5.
Out - Past the airport, left at the lights past the House In The Tree, Kingsditch estate, Swindon Village, Cleeve.
Back - Past the racecourse, town centre, Lansdown Road, GCHQ, Old Glos Road, home (occasionally detour down the cyclepath that runs along the side of the airport).
Silver frame, purple forks, bag like this:
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Oh, and if you set off at 7:30, you may see me walking my little black dog 🙂
Same outward journey but mis-timed. Occassionaly I run late and leave at that time, perhaps I'll run late a couple more times and belt down the road yelling 'F***k nuts'.
Theres alot of ambling commuters that use those roads but not many that go down past the house in the tree. (had a nasty accident there a couple years ago and they shut that road down for a bit at rush hour). I'm not as quick as a couple of the lycra roadies I see but most the others I nip past.
Ah now IHN do you live in the 'village' or in Churchdown :D?
What was the accident? Someone coming out of a sideroad not see you?
I'm near Somerfield, so not one of the inbred 'local village for local people' weirdos. Oh, sorry, are you? 🙂
LOL, nope I live the wrong side of the tracks as it were.
I cut through St johns av. so I'll keep an eye out.
The accident was coming from tewks rd to the pub and I over took a tractor into a oncoming white van. [i]holds hand up[/i]yes officer my fault.
Was on wifes motorbike at the time.
Where: Barnes (SW London) to Regent Street (via Hammersmith roundabout, Kensington High Street and Hyde Park)
What: Orange Kona Jake the Snake or black Rockhopper
[b]Where:[/b] Waterlooville to Gosport via Portsdown Hill, usually. Sometimes via Forest Road, Denmead.
[b]What:[/b]Coppi road bike. Red Nike jacket, white Giro E2.
(only possible STWer I've seen was on a white Cannondale Rize the other day. Looked a bit confused when I said "Nice bike mate" 🙂 )
owenfackrell
Due to the beneifts of shift work i tend to ride mid week, but my usual local haunts would be Bridleways around winchester, farley mount etc, new forest, QE although this is all wearing a bit thin. Planning on some trail centre visits and some more SDW- You?
Where - 1) groombridge to croydon
2) groombridge to tunbridge wells
What - 1) red Surly crosscheck SS + massive timbuk2 rucksack with white reflective stripes.
generally glazed look behind orange tinted glasses 🙂
2) Orange P7 SS silver
When - 1) 8til9.40am
2) 9til9.30am
Guess which one i prefer...
[b]where[/b] Monmouth to Walford, Ross-on-Wye along the Peregrine Trail.
[b]what[/b] Usually Dean Torreys x-bike.
Rarely see anyone through the winter, spend a lot of the time dodging grockles in the summer 😉
[b]Where[/b] - Richmond - Kew [b]When[/b] - Mon-Fri 7.30-10.30 and 18.00-21.30ish (Shortest commute? :oops:)
[b]Where[/b] - Richmond - Holborn [b]When[/b] - Sunday 10.00 and 17.30
[b]What[/b] - Raw/Titanium Brompton or White/Black Giant Road thing
[b]where[/b] lincoln. high st, st catherines, cross o cliff hill.
[b]what[/b] green specialized tricross ss. black scott helmet.
Mondays Headlines: Sudden increase in commuter ambushes!!
well prepared oxygent thieves seem to know where nice bikes will be, and when, and lie in wait with "bombers"
Where: South Leeds to Harrogate (Colton,Seacroft,Wike,Harewood,Kirkby Overblow,Rudding,Starbeck).
When: Not flippin often at the moment, but 0630-0800 in and 1700-1830 home)when I am not too soft and the roads are not icey!
What: Fat bloke on a PX sportive, probably commiting cardinal sin of wearing a camelbak. Often seen trying to keep up with the guy with the pony tail coming down Harewood Bank!
[b]Where[/b] Winchmore Hill Norf Lahhhndan (right side of river)to Tate Modern (wrong side of the river)
[b]What[/b] Singlespeed Roadrat with carbon bars and fork
[b]Wearing[/b] Black everything and black Northface courior bag. You ain't seen me right.
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